Genus Thalassomonas
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 9
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thalassomonas Macián et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thalassomonas viridans Macián et al. 2001.
Etymology: Gr. n. thalassa, the sea; Gr. n. monas, a unit; N.L. fem. n. Thalassomonas, a monad from the sea.
Valid publication: MACIÁN (M.C.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), GARAY (E.) and PUJALTE (M.J.): Thalassomonas viridans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine γ-proteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1283-1289.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Thalassomonas Macián et al. 2001 emend. Jean et al. 2006.
Reference: JEAN (W.D.), SHIEH (W.Y.) and LIU (T.Y.): Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1245-1250.
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Thalassomonas actiniarum Hosoya et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A5K-106 = MBIC08328 = NBRC 104231 = NCIMB 14418.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB369380.
Etymology: N.L. gen. pl. n. actiniarum, of the Actiniaria, sea anemones and related animals.
Valid publication: HOSOYA (S.), ADACHI (K.) and KASAI (H.): Thalassomonas actiniarum sp. nov. and Thalassomonas haliotis sp. nov., isolated from marine animals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 686-690.
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Thalassomonas agariperforans Park et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M-M1 = CCUG 60020 = KCTC 23343.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM237288.
Etymology: Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. n. agarum, agar (algal polysaccharide); L. part. adj. perforans, perforating, making holes; N.L. part. adj. agariperforans, making holes in agar.
Valid publication: PARK (S.), CHOI (W.C.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Thalassomonas agariperforans sp. nov., an agarolytic bacterium isolated from marine sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2573-2576.
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Thalassomonas agarivorans Jean et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TMA1 = BCRC 17492 = JCM 13379.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ212914.
Etymology: N.L. n. agarum, agar; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring, destroying; N.L. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring.
Valid publication: JEAN (W.D.), SHIEH (W.Y.) and LIU (T.Y.): Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1245-1250.
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Thalassomonas eurytherma Sun et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Za6a-12=CGMCC 1.12115=JCM 18482.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ288724.
Etymology: Gr. adj. eurys, wide; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. fem. adj. eurytherma, able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SUN, C., HUO, Y.-Y., LIU, J.-J., PAN, J., QI, Y.-Z., ZHANG, X.-Q., ZHANG, Y., ZHENG, G. and WU, M. 2014. Thalassomonas eurytherma sp. nov., a marine proteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2079-2083.
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→ ¤ Thalassotalea eurytherma (Sun et al. 2014) Hou et al. 2015, comb. nov.
Thalassomonas fusca Jung et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) G-MB1=KCTC 32499=NBRC 109830.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF484399.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 1455-1458.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: JUNG, Y. T., PARK, S. and YOON, J. H. 2014. Thalassomonas fusca sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 81-87.
Effective publication Online
Thalassomonas ganghwensis Yi et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC2041 = DSM 15355 = IMSNU 14005 = KCTC 12041.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY194066.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. ganghwensis, named after Ganghwa Island in Korea, the geographical origin of the type strain.
Valid publication: YI (H.), BAE (K.S.) and CHUN (J.): Thalassomonas ganghwensis sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 377-380.
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Thalassomonas haliotis Hosoya et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A5K-61 = MBIC08329 = NBRC 104232 = NCIMB 14417.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB369381.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. haliotis, of Haliotis, systematic name of a genus of abalone.
Valid publication: HOSOYA (S.), ADACHI (K.) and KASAI (H.): Thalassomonas actiniarum sp. nov. and Thalassomonas haliotis sp. nov., isolated from marine animals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 686-690.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassomonas loyana Thompson et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CBMAI 722 = LMG 22536.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY643537.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. loyana, pertaining to Loya, named in honour of the Israeli biologist Y. Loya.
Valid publication: THOMPSON (F.L.), BARASH (Y.), SAWABE (T.), SHARON (G.), SWINGS (J.) and ROSENBERG (E.): Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 365-368.
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Thalassomonas viridans Macián et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XOM25 = CECT 5083 = DSM 13754.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ294747.
Etymology: L. part. adj
Valid publication: MACIÁN (M.C.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), GARAY (E.) and PUJALTE (M.J.): Thalassomonas viridans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine γ-proteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1283-1289.
Original article in IJSEM Online